Law Faculty of Padjajaran University winning a moot court competition in the Constitution Olympiad, Friday (11/10/2023) at the Law Faculty of Andalas University. Photo by Humas MK/Ilham.

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PADANG (MKRI) — Padjajaran University won first place in the national moot court competition for the Chief Justice Cup 2023. This competition was a series of the Constitution Olympiad and the result of cooperation between the Constitutional Court (MK) and the Law Faculty of Andalas University (Unand).

Deputy Chief Justice Saldi Isra gave a keynote speech while closing the competition on Friday, November 10, 2023 at the multipurpose hall of the Law Faculty of Unand in Padang, West Sumatra Province. He said that the moot court competition was very similar to the hearing process in the Constitutional Court.

“This afternoon I saw that the judges’ appearance surpassed that of constitutional justices, and I noticed that the presenters, representatives of the House of Representatives, representatives of the Government or the President and experts were truly like experts in the Constitutional Court,” he said.

He revealed that what happened in the moot court competition was an illustration of how the Court hearings proceed. He also said that the competition was an important moment that might repeat next year although with different participants. He also thanked the committee from both the Law Faculty of Unand and the Constitutional Court.

Previously, in his speech, Unand rector Yuliandri expressed his gratitude to the Court for making it possible for the competition to be held for the first time at Unand. He hoped that Unand could still be trusted to hold the Court’s Constitution Olympiad in the following years.

Meanwhile, in her report, Yossy Adriva, head of the National Affairs and Institutional Relations Division, said that the Olympiad, which is a combination of the constitution week and the constitution moot court competition, went successfully.

The following were winners of the competitions:

Constitution Week

Constitution debate competition for senior high school students: SMAN 2 Painan

Best speaker of constitution debate competition for senior high school students: Selviana Marsyanda from SMAN 1 Pekanbaru

Quiz contest: SMAN 1 Gunung Talang

Academic writing for senior high school students: Elshadani Christin from SMAN 1 Padang Fakhira Khairunissa

Academic writing for teachers: Ferry Mulyadi from SMA Islam As-Shofa Pekanbaru

English speech contest: Aithra Acintya Bahrum from SMAN 1 Solok

Grand champion of constitution week: SMAN 1 Gunung Talang

 

Moot Court Competition

1. Padjadjaran University

2. Sunan Kalijaga Islamic State University

3. Gajah Mada University

Best dossier: University of Indonesia

Best expert:  Fawwaz Ihza Mahendra from Padjadjaran University

Best testifier: Wibisana Caesario from Gadjah Mada University

Best petitioner: Fitri Amesti Wulandari from Gadjah Mada University

Congratulations to all winners!

Author       : Ilham W.M.
Editor        : Lulu Anjarsari P.
Translator  : Tahlitha Laela/Yuniar Widiastuti (NL)

Disclaimer: The original version of the news is in Indonesian. In case of any differences between the English and the Indonesian versions, the Indonesian version will prevail.

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